Title: The Endless Trench
Original Title: La trinchera infinita
Year: 2019
Info
- Country: Spain France
- Length: 147 Minutes (2 hours 27 min)
- Genre: History Drama War
- Studios: La claqueta Irusoin
- Distributor: eOne Films Spain
Plot
The directors of the 2018 Goya Awards winner, 'Handia', and the film tasked with representing Spain at the 2016 Academy Awards ceremony, 'Loreak', dare to return to cinema with a historical film that received rave reviews and critical acclaim at the San Sebastian Film Festival. 'La trinchera infinita' is the new project by Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga and stars Belén Cuesta ('La llamada', 'El aviso') and Antonio De La Torre ('Que Dios nos perdone'). 'La trinchera infinita' tells the story of Higino Blanco (De La Torre), a spy who, in the Spain of 1936, locks himself away in his house for fear of whatever punishment he may face after he discovers that some of his friends and associates have been shot. His wife, Rosa (Belén Cuesta), made him promise her that he will remain locked up if she is not at home, without knowing that his confinement will last until 1969. With her husband in hiding in the years of and following the Spanish Civil War, Rosa begins to feel painfully lonely without the support of her husband and the father of her son. Vicente Vergara ('La peste') and José Manuel Poga ('Palmeras en la nieve') complete the cast of the film, a story of lies and secrets, which was shot in different locations across Andalusia and the Basque Country.
Awards
- 2020 Goya Awards: 15 2
- 2020 Feroz Awards: 8 0
Cast
Higinio Blanco
Rosa
Gonzalo
Rodrigo
Damián
Jaime
Videos
'La Trinchera infinita' teaser trailer
September 23 2019
Photos
Trivia
The director's organization
In preproduction and postproduction the three directors were together, but during the filming, two of them were with the actors and the other one with the technical team.
Divided in two parts
The filming was divided in two parts for letting his main character, Antonio de la Torre, to get fat and in that way, make credible his aging.
The duration
The directors tried a version of two hours, but they felt it didn't work and finally the film is around 147 minutes.
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